Straight from the Heart

  • Young Minds and a Lopsided Syllabus
    For over 7 years now, I have been associated with the teaching profession. As such, very often I get the opportunity to go through the contents of the high school textbooks that are being studied by the student
  • Kohima Will Shine Tonight
    This is a story about the forgotten song of Kohima. Many of the Naga youngsters living here in Kohima in this 21st century may not even be aware that ‘Kohima will shine tonight’ is a song which used to be o
  • Kati Patang
    ‘Kati Patang’ is the title of a famous film of Rajesh Khanna which was released in the year 1970. The film was produced and directed by Shakti Samanta.  It became a box office success. It stars Asha Pa
  • Mind Game
    It is said that attitude is everything. It is also said that the greatest discovery mankind ever made was the realization that a man can conquer every situation and all circumstances he faces with his attitude.
  • The Times of Kewhira
    ‘Kewhira’ is a term that may not be very familiar to the non-Angami tribes. But I believe all the Angamis and the Tenyiemia people are very familiar and accustomed with this term. ‘Kewhira’ is a term us
  • Nagaland: The Myth and the Truth (A Supplement)
    I write this supplement as a back-up to my earlier article ‘Nagaland: The Myth and the Truth’ which was published by this daily on 11th June 2012 (Monday). I do this because on the morning of 29th June, I c
  • Great Expectations
    ‘Great Expectations’ is the title of a famous novel written by Charles Dickens. I read this novel during my high school years and I can still vividly remember the accounts of the story which Charles Dickens
  • Nagaland: The Myth and the Truth
    Khrietuonyü NoudiIn all the official records maintained by the state government of Nagaland and also in all the school textbooks studied by our children in schools, it is mentioned that the size of Nagaland in
  • Making Issues Out of Non-Issues
    Much has already been said, heard, written and read about the demand for women reservation in our legislative bodies. For quite sometime now, this has been one of the hottest topic amongst us. For the last many
  • Reminiscence of a Year at the NCTE
    In the second week of January 2010 I received my govt. order from the school education department permitting me or rather deputing me to go for a one year B.Ed training course at the NCTE (Nagaland College of T
  • The Story of the Three Brothers
    As a young boy growing up, I had always loved and enjoyed listening to stories narrated by elders, parents, uncles or for that matter anyone. The stories could be legends, biblical stories, war stories, histori
  • 2012 – The Year of Kezhalelie
    Many centuries ago, some fortune-tellers belonging to the Mayan civilization of South America predicted that the world would come to an end in the year 2012. Well, we still do not know whether the world will ac
  • A Meeting in London
    Khrietuonyü NoudiBy the time the summer of 1977 arrived, Mr. A.Z. Phizo had been living in London for 17 years. During these 17 years, Phizo had never missed any opportunity whereby he could propagate the Naga
  • The Murdered Wedding
    Khrietuonyü NoudiDuring my high school years, I opted for and studied Tenyiedie as my MIL (Modern Indian Language) subject. Through this, I was able to get myself acquainted with many folktales, folklores and
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